Economic opportunity issues

Minimum wage | Self-sufficiency | Public assistance | Housing

Unemployment insurance | Payday lending | EITC | Savings | Opportunity Lost

Savings and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched savings accounts that help low-income workers save for a specific goal. The savings can be used to purchase a home, go to college or start a small business.

Issue Brief- Individual Development Accounts: Helping Low-Income Families Develop Assets, June 8, 2006 Press release - Individual Development Accounts feed Colorado success stories, June 8, 2006 Press coverage - Rock solid: Savings program seeks to put a shine on more futures, The Denver Post, June 9, 2006 Bell Policy Center Urges State to Support Poverty Prevention Program, Colorado Matters, July 5, 2006 Commentary - From income support to independence: Assets are needed to break the cycle of poverty, by Daniel Spivey, The Boulder Daily Camera, March 26, 2006